Unclassified road crash in Dacorum HP2 on 30 August 2018 at 17:20 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira, a Renault Scenic and a Ford Kuga were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dacorum at 17:20 on Thursday 30 August 2018. The 33-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Zafira, the 45-year-old female driver of the Renault Scenic and the 48-year-old female driver of the Ford Kuga were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Aug 2018
- Thursday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Zafira and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76467, longitude -0.46117, in the HP2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hemel Hempstead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Highfield, Dacorum, HP2 5AT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018410336375
- Council area
- Dacorum
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2014.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Dacorum, 29 August 2014
9 m awayRef 20144100D0535
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on an unclassified road in Dacorum, 13 December 2005
9 m awayRef 20054100D1141
Slight
Audi S3 crash on an unclassified road in Dacorum, 1 October 2018
9 m awayRef 2018410334929
Slight
Mazda crash on an unclassified road in Dacorum, 16 November 2010
10 m awayRef 20104100D0862
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Dacorum, 2 October 2019
12 m awayRef 2019410928607
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Dacorum, 4 November 2000
13 m awayRef 20004100D0498
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Scenic)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Kuga)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2018410336375 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 2018.